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'Robonaut' Designed To Perform Spacewalk

Posted by Hemos on from the purty-robot-does-good-in-big-city dept.

Adam Blake writes "CNN reports that NASA has designed a robotic spacewalker called the Robonaut which will perform satellite repairs and other duties typically performed by spacewalking astronauts. It is controlled remotely via a virtual reality interface and bears a small, apparently 'coincidental' resemblance (in the face) to intergalactic bounty hunter Boba Fett."

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  1. More Information by adastra · · Score: 4

    I work for one of the contractors on the Robonaut project. It's coming along nicely, with more automation of repetitious tasks and intelligent responses to failures (such as lost communication) planned for the next few years. Here's some more information.

  2. Direct NASA link by Money__ · · Score: 4

    http://vesuvius.jsc. nasa.gov/er_er/html/robonaut/robonaut.html
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